Chord/Tab song: Are You Ready for the Country?

Chord,Tablature, lyric, sheet, guitar, ukulele song: Are You Ready for the Country? - ( This is a great song for beginning to learn to play slide...)

5 years ago1097Harvest (1972) Neil Young
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This is a great song for beginning to learn to play slide!
Open E makes it easier to play the slide part.
There are a few faint slide fills in the first verse that I didn't
bother to write out.

Main Slide Riff:
(Repeated throughout the song with similar variations)
(listen for timing)



E ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B ||---------15-15-15-15-15-15\------|---------15-15-15---/13----13\-----|
G#||--(13)/15-------------------------|-(13)/15---------------------------|
E ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B ||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------||------------------------------------------|
B |---------10----10----------||--------17-17-17-17\15---------15-15-15---|
G#|-(8)/10----/10------(8)\6~--||-(15)/17----------------(13)/15-----------|
E |----------------------------||------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------||------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------||------------------------------------------|
E ---------|-----------------------------||
B -/13-13\-|---------10----10------------||
G#---------|-(8)/10-----/10-----(8)\6~---||
E ---------|-----------------------------||
B ---------|-----------------------------||
E ---------|-----------------------------||


Chords: (as played by piano)
Intro:
[A] [G] [F] [D]
Verse:
[G]Slipping and sliding
and playing [F]domin[D]oes
[G]Lefting and then Righting,
it's not a c[F]rime [D]you know.
[A]You gotta tell your story [G]boy,
before it's [F]time to [D]go.

(slide riff starts here)
Chorus:
[G]Are you ready for the country
because it's [F]time to [D]go?
[G]Are you ready for the country
because it's [F]time to [D]go?
[A] [G] [F] [D]
(Verse)
I was talkin' to the preacher,
said God was on my side
Then I ran into the hangman,
he said it's time to die
You gotta tell your story boy,
you know the reason why.

(Chorus)
Are you ready for the country
because it's time to go?
Are you ready for the country
because it's time to go?

(Repeat slide riff until fade)

Legend:
/ or \ slide
(x) suggested start note to slide from
~ sustain

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Chord: Are You Ready for the Country? - tab, song lyric, sheet, guitar, ukulele
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